3000 English common words - Oxford by CEFR
Border Live Narrow Noun ˈbɔːdə(R ˈbɔːrdər I Small
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/ˈbɔːdə(r)/ /ˈbɔːrdər/ |
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- i live in a small town in the us, near the canadian border.
- thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border every day.
- they took steps to secure the border.
- to seal/close the border
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border(noun)/ˈbɔːdə(r)/ /ˈbɔːrdər/- the line that divides two countries or areas; the land near this line
- I live in a small town in the US, near the Canadian border.
- Thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border every day.
- They took steps to secure the border.
- to seal/close the border
- They spent a week in a national park on the border between Kenya and Tanzania.
- It is difficult to define the border between love and friendship.
- The treaty fixed Denmark's new border with Germany.
- They fled across the border.
- They live just over the border.
- The incident happened on Nevada's northern border.
- They were stopped at the border.
- There are tensions all along the border.
- border crossings
- border patrols/security/guards
- border controls
- a border dispute
- a border town/village/county
- a border region/area
Extra Examples- Brazil has a common border with most South American countries.
- Ethiopia shares its longest border with Somalia.
- He drove us right up to the Russian border.
- Poland has a common border with Germany.
- There has been fighting along the border.
- There has been fighting on both sides of the border.
- They slipped across the border at nightfall.
- We were stopped on the border.
- a farm on the border of Cumbria and Yorkshire
- to smuggle goods across the border
- a long narrow piece around the edge of something such as a picture or a piece of cloth
- a pillowcase with a lace border
Extra Examples- She drew a decorative border around the picture.
- The tablecloth has a narrow lace border.
- a white handkerchief with a blue border
- a long narrow area of soil which is planted with flowers, along the edge of the grass
- The back garden is mostly lawn with herbaceous borders.
Word Origin- late Middle English: from Old French bordeure; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to board.
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